Child Welfare Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2024

2 These services were defined to include mental health services, substance abuse treatment, and “in-home parenting skills training.” Maybe a parent needs mental health care or substance use disorder treatment, or parenting training and support, or maybe the family needs to do family therapy.

Child Welfare 130

Child Welfare Medicaid Foster Care Welfare 130

Child Welfare Monitor

JULY 8, 2024

After an allegation of abuse or neglect is substantiated, an agency can place a child in foster care or open a case for in-home services, among other options. The rationale for this change was that allowing foster care funds to be used for such services was necessary to enable states to keep kids out of foster care.

Foster Care 130

Foster Care Child Welfare Welfare Substance Abuse 130

Relias

MARCH 29, 2024

Implementing evidence-based practices and quality improvement initiatives to improve the delivery and coordination of maternal health care services. Expanding access to home visits, care coordination, and case management programs for high-risk peripartum individuals.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Hospitals Medicaid Case Management 52

Relias

JULY 14, 2022

One area of increasing focus that hasn’t received as much attention is the intersection of maternal mortality and maternal mental health. Yet pregnancy-related deaths due to mental health comprised over 10% of maternal deaths in 2020. A Personal Story of Maternal Mental Health.

Mental Health 52

Mental Health Patient Safety Healthcare Domestic Violence 52

Relias

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Typically, care coordination is put in place by organizations participating in a value-based payment model for populations that are at high risk for comorbidities and/or have chronic physical and mental health conditions. Care coordination usually is a role that is served by nurses, case managers, or behavioral health clinicians.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare Communication Medicaid Treatment Planning 52